Eclipse for Mac

Product overview

Eclipse SDK 4.2 (Mac OS X / Cocoa) is a development kit centered on Java that provides an integrated development environment, workspace facilities, and a large ecosystem of extensions. It supports rich customization and a plugin architecture so you can add tools and language support beyond Java, making it a strong choice for developers who work with multiple programming languages.

Suggested free alternative: Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers.

Supported languages and extensions

This SDK can be extended with plugins for many languages and technologies, including:

• Erlang
• Scheme
• Groovy
• Clojure
• Scala
• Rust
• Ruby
• R
• Python
• Prolog
• PHP
• Perl
• NATURAL
• Lua
• Lasso
• Julia
• JavaScript
• Haskell
• Fortran
• D
• COBOL
• C#
• C++
• C
• ABAP
• Ada

Purpose of this particular build

This package is specifically compiled for Mac OS X using the Cocoa UI framework. Although 4.2 is not the newest Eclipse release, it remains useful for developers who are running older macOS systems or who need this precise build for compatibility reasons. If your environment requires this version, this Cocoa-targeted distribution is the appropriate choice.